Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sweet, Donald J. September 29, 1962 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net May 22, 2022, 9:33 am Lake Odessa Wave-Thurs. October 11, 1962 Former Resident Passed Away Oct. 2 Donald J. Sweet, 44, formerly of Ionia and recently of Lansing was found dead October 2 in a motel room east of Ionia. Officers who investigated stated the time of death was placed as some time on Saturday. Coroner Dale Kauffman who investigated said the cause of death was self inflicted gunshot wounds. A native of Odessa township he was the son of Jesse and Addie Sweet. He was A Sergeant in World War II with the Ionia Company of the National Guard and served in the Asiatic theater. Surviving are a son Terry stationed at Philadelphia with the U.S. Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Harris and Barbara Sweet of Lansing. Funeral services were held on Thursday at the Stone-Kauffman Funeral Home with burial in the Tuttle cemetery. The Rev. Ra. Fassett, of the E.U.B. Church of Ionia officiated. Additional Comments: Tuttle Cem.#Sec.3-Row 2 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sweet43314nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb